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Agricultural supplies, general/other
Air
Alfalfa
Almond
Animal research, general
Apple
Apricot
Aquatic plants
Arboreta and botanical gardens
Atmosphere, general/other
Bacteria
Baitfish (minnows and shiners)
Banana
Barley
Beans (dry)
Beans (fresh, fresh-processed)
Bedding/garden plants
Beef cattle, general/other
Beef cattle, live animal
Berries and cane fruits, other
Biological Cell Systems
Blueberry
Broadleaf forests of the South
Canola
Carrot
Catfish
Cheese
Chemurgic Crops
Cherry
Citrus, general/other
Climate
Clothing and textiles, general
Cocoa
Coffee
Cole crops (includes cabbage, kale, broccoli, brussels sprouts, cauliflower,
Conifer forests of the North
Conifer forests of the South
Conifer forests of the West
Cool season perennial grasses (includes bluegrass, bromegrass, fescue)
Corn (for sweetcorn use 1480)
Cotton, other
Cottonseed (for meal, oil, etc.)
Cranberry
Cross-commodity research--multiple animal species
Cross-commodity research--multiple crops
Cucumber
Cucurbits, other (includes pumpkin, squash, gourd)
Cut flowers, foliage, and greens
Dairy cattle, general/other
Dairy cattle, live animal
Date
Deciduous and small fruits, general/other
Deciduous tree fruits, other
Desert and semidesert shrub land and shinnery
Domestic and community water supply facilities and systems
Drainage and irrigation facilities and systems
Duck and goose, live animal
Durum wheat
Economy, general/other
Edible tree nuts, general/other
Egg-type chicken, live animal
Eggplant
Eggs
Experimental design and statistical methods
Feed and feed additives
Fertilizers
Fiber crops, general/other
Filbert
Finfish
Fish habitats
Flax
Florist crops, other
Food (not readily associated with specific plant and animal products)
Forage legumes, other
Freshwater shrimp
Fungi (includes yeast)
General Commodity
General technology
Goats, meat and mohair
Grain crops, general/other (includes buckwheat, millet, triticale)
Grain sorghum
Grapefruit
Grapes, other
Greens and leafy vegetables (includes endive, lettuce, spinach)
Ground covers
Guayule
Hard red spring wheat
Hard red winter wheat
Hard white wheat
Hemp
Herbaceous perennials and decorative greens
Herbs and spices
Honey bees
Hops
Horses, ponies, and mules
Individuals (as workers, consumers, members of society)
Insects
Invertebrates, general/other
Kenaf
Kiwi
Laboratory animals
Land
Leguminous vegetables, other
Lemon
Lentil
Lesquerella
Long fiber cotton
Machinery and equipment
Mango
Marine shrimp
Meat, beef cattle
Meat, dairy cattle
Meat, sheep
Meat, swine
Meat-type chicken, live animal
Melons (includes cantaloupe, muskmelon, watermelon)
Microorganisms, general/other
Milk
Mint
Miscellaneous and new crops, general/other
Mixed conifer-broadleaf forests
Mountain grasslands, meadow, and alpine
Mushrooms and other edible fungi
Narcotic plants
Nectarine
Nematodes
Noncrop plant research
Nonfarm structures and related facilities, including those used in
Oats
Oilseed and oil crops, general/other
Onion, garlic, leek, shallot
Orange
Ornamental trees and shrubs
Ornamentals and turf, general/other (includes cacti)
Other animals, general
Other beef cattle products
Other bees (non-Apis bees)
Other cultured finfish
Other dairy cattle products
Other non-bee pollinators, general
Other poultry products
Other swine products
Oysters
Papaya
Paper and pulp derived products
Parks and urban green space
Pasture
Pasture and forage crops, general/other
Peach
Peanut
Pear
Peas (dry)
Peas (fresh, fresh-processed)
Pecan
People and communities, general/other
Peppers
Perennial grasses, other
Pesticides (includes herbicides, insecticides, fungicides, etc.)
Pineapple
Pinyon-juniper
Plant research, general
Plum
Potato
Potted plants
Poultry meat
Poultry, general/other
Protozoa
Raisin grapes
Rangelands and grasslands, general
Rangelands, other
Raspberry
Red clover
Remote sensing equipment and technology
Research equipment and methods, general/other
Research on research management (not research management per se)
Rhizomes, tubers, bulbs, and root crops, general/other (for potato use 1310)
Rice
River basins
Rubber, gum, and resin plants, other
Rye
Salmon
Seeds and other plant propagules
Sewage and waste disposal facilities and systems
Sheep and wool, general/other
Sheep, live animal
Shellfish
Soft red wheat
Soft white wheat (includes club, western)
Soil
Soil and land, general
Solanaceous and related crops, general/other (for potato use 1310)
Solar radiation
Soybean
Spiders, mites, ticks, and other arthropods
Strawberry
Striped bass
Structures, facilities, and equipment, general/other
Sugar beet
Sugar cane
Sugar crops, general/other
Summer annual grasses (includes forage sorghums, sudangrass, sorghum)
Sunflower
Sweet potato
Sweet sorghum
Sweetcorn
Swine, general/other
Swine, live animal
Table grapes
Taro
Tea
The family and its members
The farm as an enterprise
Tilapia
Tomato
Trees, forests, and forest products, general
Tropical/subtropical fruit, general/other
Trout
Tung
Turf (includes bentgrass, bermudagrass, bluegrass, dichondra, fescue)
Turkey, live animal
Upland cotton
Vegetables, general/other
Viroids, mycoplasmas, spiroplasmas, etc.
Viruses
Walnut
Warm season perennial grasses (includes dallisgrass, bluestems)
Water resources
Watersheds
Watersheds and river basins, general
Weather
Weeds
Wetland and riparian systems
Wheat, other
Wild animals
Wildlife and natural fisheries, general/other
Wildlife habitats
Wine grapes
Winter annual legumes (includes subterranean clover, arrowleaf clover)
Wood and wood products
Wool fiber
Potato
item A Holistic Time-Series Analysis of Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease
item Advancement of Disease Resistant Germplasm using Quantitative Genetics and Marker Assisted Selection
item Advancing Knowledge of the Biology and Etiology of Bacterial Plant Pathogens Towards Management Strategies
item Agricultural Biosecurity: A Versatile High-Throughput Molecular Diagnostic Protocol To Detect Plant Pathogens
item AI-based Morphological Feature Analysis for Early and Rapid Diagnosis of Phytoplasma Diseases in Plants
item Antagonistic Interactions between Insecticides, Fungicides and Foliar Nutrient Blends Compromise the Efficacy of Tank Mix Partners
item Application of Image Analysis Techniques to Quantify Potato Processing Quality and Disease Symptomatology
item Applying Molecular Markers To Select For Promising Virus Resistant Germplasm
item Areawide Management of Insect Vectors in the Columbia Basin of Washington
item Assessing Traits or Optimizing Management of New Potato Lines with Improved Disease Resistance, Yield, or Quality
item Assessing Whether Potato Leafroll Virus Transmission and Feeding Behavior of the Green Peach Aphid in Potatoes is Altered by Afidopyropen
item Beet Leafhopper and Associated Pathogens in Columbia Basin: Impact of Crop Type and Abiotic Factors
item Biological Control of Insect Pests
item Biological Control of Insect Pests in Non-Crop Habitats
item Biology and Management of Invasive Plant Pathogens Affecting Potato and Soybean
item Biopesticides for the Potato Psyllid
item Bioproducts and Biopolymers from Agricultural Feedstocks
item Breeder Seed Increase Site, Weeks Farm Inc.
item Breeding and Selecting Russet and Specialty Varieties with Improved Tuber Qualities, Disease and Pest Resistance, and Sustainability
item Characterization of Novel Viruses Pathogenic to Potato Psyllid
item Characterization of Novel Viruses Pathogenic to the Powdery Scab Pathogen Spongospora subterranea
item Characterization of Potato Mop-Top Virus (PMTV) Reactions in Widely Grown Potato Varities
item Characterization of Virus Populations Associated with Cotton Leafroll Dwarf Virus-Infected Plants in Cotton
item Common Scab Pathogen Population Stability and Soil Factors Associated With Disease Suppression
item Control of Phytophthora, Powdery Mildew, and Downy Mildew in Greenhouse Production
item Creating a New Paradigm for Potato Breeding and Seed Production Based on True Potato Seed
item Creating Improved Methods for Grapevine Regeneration and Edting
item Crop Rotation and Development of Resistance for Control of Globodera pallida
item Defining the Impact of Different Foods or Their Components, in the Context of A Western-Style Diet, on Gut Health
item Determining the Threat and Spread of New and Novel South American Ca. Liberibacter Species to North American Potato Crops and Wild Potato Germplasms
item Dev of Better Methods to Det Cultivar Resist to Internal Discoloration from Heat Necrosis, After-Cooking Darkening, Blackheart and Hollow Heart
item Develop an Improved Understanding of Microbe-pathogen Interactions for Biological Control
item Develop Seaweed-Based Packaging Films that are Thermally Processable and Biodegradable
item Developing Cas12a-Based Technologies for Early Detection of Exotic Phytoplasmas
item Developing New Tools to Predict Migration of Insect Vectors into Potato Crops
item Developing Novel Tools to Combat Devastating Potato Pathogens - Univ of ID
item Development and Release of Golden Nematode Resistant Potatoes
item Development and Release of Golden Nematode Resistant Potatoes
item Development of Biological Control Tools to Manage Insect Vector Borne Plant Pathogens
item Development of Lab-based Assays to Screen for Potato Soft Rot and Blackleg Disease Resistance
item Development of Lab-based Assays to Screen for Potato Soft Rot and Blackleg Disease Resistance
item Development of Molecular Tools to Control Citrus Greening Disease
item Development of Novel Disease Control Strategies Based on Virus and Viroid Biology
item Development Of Sustainable System-Based Management Strategies For Two Vector-Borne, Tuber Necrotic Viruses In Potato
item Development of Sustainable System-Based Management Strategies for two Vector-Borne, Tuber Necrotic Viruses in Potato
item Discovery and Application of Click Beetle Attractants for IPM of Wireworms in Potatoes
item Discovery and Application of Click Beetle Attractants for IPM of Wireworms in Potatoes
item Discovery and Application of Click Beetle Attractants Toward Management of Wireworms in Oregon
item Eastern Potato Breeding Group Seed Nursery
item Ecology and Integrated Management of Ambrosia Beetles in Eastern US Orchard and Ornamental Tree Crops
item Efficacy of Commercial Biocontrol Saprophytes in Reducing Viability of Tar Spot Pathogen in Overwintered Cornfield Debris
item Engineering Bacterial Biosensors to Detect Potato Pathogens
item Enhancing Integrated Insect Pest Management Strategies for U.S. Potato Production Systems
item Enhancing Soil Health in Potato Production by Applying Soil Amendments and Manipulating Post-Fumigation microbiomes
item Evaluating Bruising in Storage among Fresh-market and Processing Varieties
item Evaluating Phenotypes or Optimizing Management of New Potato Lines with Improved Disease Resistance, Yield, or Quality
item Evaluating Verticillium Wilt and Black Dot in Potato, Fungicide Sensitivity, and Development of Genomic Resources
item Evaluating Verticillium Wilt and Black Dot in Potato, Fungicide Sensitivity, and Development of Genomic Resources
item Evaluation of Germplasm of Horticulture and Sugarcrops
item Evaluation of Postharvest Processing Quality among New Public Potato Clones
item Evaluation of Strawberry Germplasm for Resistance to the Northern Root-Knot Nematode (Meloidogyne hapla)
item Evaluation of Symbiont Technology in Florida Citrus Groves
item Expanding the Limits of Cut Flower Postharvest Longevity
item Expanding the Utility of Direct Dormant Tuber Testing
item Exploring Alternatives to Neonicotinoids for Insect-Vectored Virus Management in Potatoes
item Exploring Pathogenicity Factors of Phytoplasma Causing Potato Purple Top Disease in the Northwestern U.S.
item Fast and Accurate Identification of Grapevine Flavescence Dorée Phytoplasma Strains via MinION, a Portable Real-Time Device for DNA Sequencing
item Field Performance Evaluation of 497 Novel Primary Dihaploid Potato Lines
item Field Validation of a Quantitative PCR Diagnostic Assay for Common Scab of Potato
item Filling the Pits Caused by Potato Common Scab in North Dakota
item Finding the Origin of Litylenchus Crenatae Mccanni, the Invasive Nematode Causing Widespread Decline of American Beech
item Genebank Genetic Diversity Management with Respect to Climate Change and Physiological Stress
item Genetic Improvement of Potato for Sustainable Production and Enhanced Tuber Qualities for the Western United States
item Genomic and Molecular Characterization of Bacterial Strategies Used in Plant Pathogen Interactions
item Genomics of Fungi Associated with Invasive Invertebrates
item Grapevine Genomics and Biotechnological Research Investigating Smoke Taint
item Green Peach Aphid–Plant Interactions in Southern Idaho
item Grove Evaluation of Symbiont Technology
item Hemp-based Fiber Materials, Technology, and Commerce as Drivers for Northwest American Indian Tribal Economic Development
item Identification and Manipulation of Potato Genes Involved in Thaxtomin Response to Manage Common Scab Disease
item Identification of Microbes for Biological Control of SCN in NY State
item Identification of new ‘Candidatus Liberibacter solanacearum’ Haplotypes and Their Psyllid Vectors and Plant Hosts in the Northwest United States
item Identifying Biological Controls of Insect Vectors in Non-Crop Habitats of the Columbia Basin
item Identifying the Molecular Mechanisms Controlling Wound-Healing Processes to Improve Postharvest Quality of Potato
item Identifying the Sources of Aphids and Aphid-vectored Viruses Afflicting Potato Fields
item Immune Priming of Potato Plants with Thiamin for Management of Common Scab
item Immunity to Potato Cyst Nematodes
item Immunity to Potato Cyst Nematodes
item Impact of Agronomic and Post-harvest Management Practices on Potato Quality
item Impact of Crop Growth Environment and Postharvest Storage Conditions on Physiological Age of Seed Tubers and Their Yield Performance
item Impact of Microbial Population Levels on Water Uptake in Cut Flowers
item Improved Biologically-Based Methods for Management of Native and Invasive Crop Insect Pests
item Improvement of Pheromone Synthesis for Commercialization to Manage Cucurbit Pests
item Improving Potato Postharvest Quality by Identifying and Manipulating Molecular Processes Regulating Tuber Dormancy and Wound-Healing
item Insecticide Resistance Influences the Emergence Phenology of the Colorado Potato Beetle – Implications for Management
item Integrating Advanced Monitoring Techniques to Mitigate Environmental Factors in Storage Systems to Reduce Postharvest Losses
item Integrating Metabolome and Phytohormone Analyses to Investigate Postharvest Physiology of Potato
item Integration of Advanced Technologies for Documenting the Impact of Climate-Induced Stress on Whole Potato Plant Growth and Development
item Integrative Approaches to Understanding How Vector Proteins Affect Plant Defense and Plant-Insect Interactions
item Integrative Genomic and Biological Approaches to Detect and Manage Emerging Foreign Fungal and Oomycete Plant Pathogens
item Interfering with Insect Vector Transmission of Plant Pathogens Using RNA-based Technology
item Introgression of Disease Resistance and Tuber Quality Traits from Wild Species Relatives into Diploid Cultivated Potato
item Investigating Soil Microbiomes that Increase Suppression of Verticillium Dahliae and Potato Early Dying Disease
item Leveraging the National Potato Soil Health Project Platform
item Management and Biology of Arthropod Pests and Arthropod-borne Plant Pathogens
item Management of Potato Genetic Resources and Associated Descriptive Information
item Managing Fungal Diseases of Potato Using Small RNA and Peptide Applications
item Mechanisms of Compatible and Incompatible Interactions Between Potato and Potato Cyst Nematodes
item Mediating Insecticide Resistance Development in Colorado Potato Beetle
item Methyl Benzoate and Analogs to Control Mosquitoes of Medical Importance
item Microbial Interactions in the Soybean Cyst Nematode Suppressive Soil Microbiome
item Microbial Interactions in the Soybean Cyst Nematode Suppressive Soil Microbiome
item Mitigating Potato Seed Decay and Associated Economic Losses Using Enhanced Suberization Strategy
item Molecular Analysis of the Psyllids Potentially Vectoring Ca. Liberibacter Species to North American Potato Crops and Wild Potato Germplasms
item Molecular Characterization of Tuber Necrotic Potato Viruses and Evaluating the Effectiveness of Biopesticides in Controlling Powdery Scab and PMTV
item Molecular Resources for Enhanced Crop Biotechnology
item Monitoring Potato Plant, Root and Tuber Growth via Non-Destructive Means to Identify Key Factors Impacting Climate Adaptability of Cultivars
item National Chip Program
item New Bio-based Film Technologies for Home and Personal Care Consumer Products
item New Technologies and Methodologies for Increasing Quality, Marketability and Value of Food Products and Byproducts
item New Technologies and Strategies for Managing Emerging Insect Pests and Insect Transmitted Pathogens of Potatoes
item Novel Approaches to Controlling Laurel Wilt in Avocados - the Development of Phorectic Mites to Vector Beneficial Microbes to Insect Galleries
item Novel Delivery Strategies of dsRNA for RNAi-Based Control of Wood-Boring Insects
item Novel Delivery Strategies of dsRNA for RNAi-Based Control of Wood-Boring Insects
item Omics-Based Approach to Detection, Identification, and Systematics of Plant Pathogenic Phytoplasmas and Spiroplasmas
item Optimizing Predator and Prey Pheromones: Manipulating Tritrophic Interactions to Manage Colorado Potato Beetle
item PCN Immunity
item PCN Immunity
item Phenotyping or Optimizing Management of New Potato Lines with Improved Disease Resistance, Yield, or Quality
item Phytopathogenic Bacteria Biology, Diagnostics, Epidemiology, and Control
item Plant-associated Nematode Management and Systematics and USDA Nematode Collection Curation
item Potato Cyst Nematode (PCN) Immunity
item Potato Germplasm Development for Improved Sustainability, Disease Resistance, Nutrition, and Quality
item Potato Research
item Production of Environmentally Friendly PHA Biopolymers from Waste BioGas Derived from Under-Valued Biomass Feedstocks
item Proteomic, Genomic and Biological Characterization of Emerging Viruses in Cotton
item Pyramiding of Potato Virus Y and Columbia Root-Knot Nematode Resistances using Greenhouse and Molecular Marker Screening
item Refining Molecular Mechanisms that Control Potato Meristem Dormancy and Tuber Sprouting via Omics
item Regional Sampling Network for Insect Pests of Potato in the Columbia Basin of WA
item Relating Traits of Weeds to Invasiveness
item RNA-Based Pesticides To Manage Insect-Vectored Plant Pathogens In Potato
item Role of Intron Splicing in Plant Disease Resistance
item Screening Solanum Species for Abiotic Heat and Water Stress
item Screening Solanum Species Tubers for Alpha Tomatine
item Smoke Exposure Effects on Grape Berry Development and Metabolism
item Smoke Exposure Effects on the Grapevine Transcriptome and Metabalome
item Solanaceous Crop Improvement and Disease Management
item SP: Molecular Strategies to Block Psyllid Transmission of the Huanglongbing (HLB) Pathogen
item SP: Molecular Strategies to Block Psyllid Transmission of the Huanglongbing (HLB) Pathogen
item SP: Molecular Strategies to Block Psyllid Transmission of the Huanglongbing (HLB) Pathogen
item Specimen Management System Development and Updates for U.S. National Fungus Collections
item Storage and Usage of ARS Grain Drill Equipment
item Support for the Investigation of Emerging and Persistent Potato Diseases in the Northwest
item Sustainable Insect Pest Management for Urban Agriculture and Landscapes
item Sustaining the USDA Symbiota Portal and ARS Entomopathogenic Fungal Cultures Collection (ARSEF)
item Systems Approach to Controlling Nematodes in U.S. Potato Production (Ithaca)
item Systems Approach to Controlling Nematodes in US Potato Production
item Systems Approach to Controlling Nematodes in US Potato Production (Aberdeen)
item Targeted Gland Cell Transcriptomes of the Beech Leaf Disease Nematode
item Taxonomic Identification Of All Stages Of Nematodes
item Taxonomic Identification of all Stages of Nematodes
item Taxonomic Identification of All Stages of Nematodes
item The Whirligig Mite and New Biological Control Opportunities in Potatoes
item Therapeutic Molecule Evaluation and Field Delivery Pipeline
item Therapeutic Molecule Evaluation and Field Delivery Pipeline for Solutions to HLB, Albany, California
item Threat and Spread of New and Novel South American Ca. Liberibacter Species
item Tools for the Accurate Diagnosis of Two Tuber Necrotic Viruses, Potato Mop-Top Virus, and Tobacco Rattle Virus
item Tracking Sources of Dickeya and Pectobacterium That Lead to Soft Rot and Blackleg Outbreaks
item Uncovering The Genetic Traits Underlying Tuber Greening Resistance In Potato
item Understanding Differences in P. allius Populations from North Dakota and Washington State, and their Role in TRV Transmission in Potato
item Understanding Postharvest Physiology of Potato by Genomics, Phenomics, Bioinformatics
item Understanding Pressure Bruise Susceptibility of Russet Potato Cultivars Using X-ray Ct and Cell Wall Analyses
item Utilizing Essential Oils to Control Tuber Sprout Growth – Evaluating Methods to Scale-up for Industrial Applications
item Utilizing Invasive Apple Snail Shells for Chitosan Films, Coatings and Biocides - Albany, CA
item Whole Genome Sequencing of a Solanum Brevicaule Clone